Cigarette-salvage case



June I9TT23Q H. J. WINANS CIGARETTE SALVAGE CASE Filed Feb. 25, 1921 A TTOR/VEY 1Patemwmw,1923:? 41,459

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD .r. wrn ans, or Newm n, 'rnnunssnn.

CIGARETTE-SALVAGE oasn. Application filed February 25, 1921. Serial 110,447,689.

To allwhom it may concern: r In operation, the case is opened and the Be it known that I, HAROLD J, WINANs, a burning cigarette 8 is placed upon the band citizen of the United States, residing at 6, as shown in Figure 3, with the lit end 9' Nashville, in the county of Davidson and extending over the compartment 1O. Then 5 State of Tennessee, have invented certain the case is closed, ca'using the disk 5-to co-' new and useful Improvements in Cigaretteoperate with the edge 4 and sever the burn-. I Salvage Cases, of which the following is a 1 ing head 9 from the body of the cigarette, specification.

The main object of this invention 'is the compartmentlO and the bodyx of thecigal provision of a pocket case for thesalvage of rette remaining in 'the'compartment '11.':The1 partly smoked or consumed igarettes, havcase is then placed in the users pocket, and ing' means whereby the burning end of ,a the tip 9 will burn itself into ashes, while the the partly consumed tip falling into the- 5 lighted cigarettea is severed from the body body Swill be firmly but delicately retained i during closing of the case. betweenthe spring 6 and the member 1. so i The above" and other objects will become, that the tobacco therein will be prevented 7' '7 apparent in the description beloW,in which from falling out or becoming loose.

like-named characters of reference refer to When it is desired to re-light'the cigarettefl like-named parts in thedrawings. the case is opened and the cigarette removed,

Referring briefly to the drawings, Fig. 1 and itjwill be found to have a sharp and 20 is a perspective view of-my case in closed clean edge similarto a new cigarette. position. I Iclaim: I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the same in A- cigarette case 'comprisin g a hollow cyopen'position. -v lindrical casing having integral ends, said Fig. 3 is a substantially central longi casing being'split longitudinally at its center tudinal crosssectional view of the I same forming two symmetrical sections, a rela-' when closed. I 1 tively wide arcuate seatin one of said sec- Referring now in detail to the drawings, "tions, the radius of the concaveportion of 1 the numeral 1 represent-gone ofvthe halves said seat being equivalent to'the radius of of the case, and 2 the other, joined by hinges the cigarette, a light flexible plate secured I 30 3 having means for normally keeping the in the bottom of thesame section, said plate case closed. The case is divided into two beingfolde'd upon itself to extend nearly compartments separated, in the member 2, to said seat, and a-circular shear blade fixed by a cutting edge of arcuate formation in the other oflsaid casing sections adapted shown at 1, and in the member 1 by a diskto cooperate with the outer edge of said seat '35 like knife blade 5 adapted to co-act withfin shearing a cigarette restingpartially on the edge 1in the manner of shears to sever the seat andon said spring plate, saidblade. the burning end of the cigarette from the being equivalent in diameter to the interior body. In" the member 2 a flat spring 6 is of the casing. I I v secured at 7 to the interior of the case, as In witness whereof'I aflix'my signature. shown. The forward compartment'of the y j I case is indicated at 10, and the rearward f I-IAROLD J. WINANS, at 11. a I 

